Last Space Shuttle Launch is Today

This is now really the final launch of a Space Shuttle. All year long the the Shuttle launches have been covered as last this and last that. Now this is the absolute final Space Shuttle launch. I still remember when I was glued to the screen during the first Shuttle missions back in the 80s.  

Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station. The STS-135 astronauts are: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.

The countdown for the Space Shuttle launch is currently down to 3 hours and 39m on the NASA site. NASA provides a live video feed of the last Space Shuttle launch on their site. More NASA News.

 

Updates

Nasa `space drink` can reverse signs of ageing?

Source: Zee News

London: A 'space drink' developed by NASA to protect astronauts from radiation can also reduce wrinkles and reverse the telltale signs of ageing in just four months, say researchers, following a human trial. A team at Utah University has found i ...
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Successful Dragon docking opens door to space's future

Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. In this image provided by NASA-TV, space station ...
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Astronauts enter world's first private supply ship

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, the first one inside the docked cap ...
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